Canal Dreamers
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Canal Dreamers

The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific in the Age of Revolutions

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  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Canal Dreamers

The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific in the Age of Revolutions

About this book

In the 1820s, there was a little-known quest to unite the world by building a waterway between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. As Spanish American nations declared independence and new canals intensified US expansion and British industrialization, many imagined the construction of an interoceanic canal as predestined. With dreams substituting for data, an international cast of politicians, lawyers, philosophers, and capitalists sent competing agents on a race to transform Lake Nicaragua, the San Juan River, and the terra incognita of Central American forests into the world’s first global waterway.

Jessica M. Lepler tells the captivating story of this global journey in Canal Dreamers. Although the idea of literally changing the world by connecting the oceans proved too revolutionary for the Age of Revolution, the quest itself changed history. Canal dreams prompted political transformations, financial crisis, recognition of new countries, concern about climate change, and more. Full of adventure, corruption, far-reaching consequences, and present-day parallels, Lepler’s absorbing narrative cuts through two centuries, revealing that dreams do not need to come true to make history.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. List of Illustrations
  7. Introduction: Treasure Isthmus
  8. Chapter One. Fluid Sovereignty
  9. Chapter Two. The Race to Guatemala
  10. Chapter Three. Consul Savage and Secret Agent Mann
  11. Chapter Four. The Rain
  12. Chapter Five. Recognition
  13. Chapter Six. Corrupt Bargains
  14. Chapter Seven. Climate Changes
  15. Chapter Eight. Diplomats
  16. Chapter Nine. Nation Divided
  17. Chapter Ten. Contract
  18. Chapter Eleven. The Race to Quincy
  19. Chapter Twelve. Cancellation
  20. Chapter Thirteen. Visionaries
  21. Chapter Fourteen. Clinton’s Ditch
  22. Chapter Fifteen. Aftermaths
  23. Epilogue: The Shark
  24. Acknowledgments
  25. Notes
  26. Index

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Information

Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Year
2025
Topic
History
Print ISBN
9781469690551
9781469690544
Subtopic
North American History
eBook ISBN
9781469679518
Index
History

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